Beaming Brendan Rodgers reckons Oliver Burke can play a huge part in Celtic’s title bid after his two-goal show against St Mirren.

But the Hoops boss insists Ukrainian winger Maryan Shved WON’T feature this season if the Hoops finalise a deal for the £1.75 million international.

Rodgers revealed the Parkhead club are in talks with Karpaty Lviv over a deal for Shved but revealed he is one for the future and the plan is to loan him out if they secure the deal.

Shved won his first full cap against Turkey in November and the youngster, who had a spell at Seville, would become Celtic’s fourth January signing.

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But while he won’t play a part in their quest for eight-in-a-row, fellow winger Burke could have a big say after netting a brace in last night’s 4-0 victory over St Mirren.

The on-loan West Brom man netted either side of Scott Sinclair’s penalty with substitute Timo Weah completing the rout to make it 10 home wins on the spin for the Hoops.

After the victory, delighted Rodgers revealed about the latest target Shved: “We’ve got about a million wingers and don’t need another one but he’s a talent and in the summer we’ll probably lose wingers and he’ll look to come in.

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“It’s an opportunity for the club to sign a young talented player but not one that will probably help us now.

“The club have been in contact with Maryan’s representatives and he’s a talented young player for the future.

“They’ll look to get the deal done and he’ll probably be out on loan and in during the summer. I haven’t seen a great deal of him.

“It’s something that’s come to the club through circumstance and he’s been watched and looked at but I can’t say I know a great deal about him.

“But what I have seen he’s a talent and something that will probably benefit the club in the future.”

But on two-goal hero Burke he said: “Oliver is a talent. We’re coaching him in and giving him clarity in terms of what it is he has to do but his strength and power is phenomenal.

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“His touch is good - a couple of times it got away from him tonight but that happens - and it’s about giving him clarity on what his job is and that’s to create and score goals.

“He assisted at the weekend and got his goals tonight. He has many great attributes and it’s continually working with him and him finding the relationships with his team-mates.

“It was good for Oliver getting his first goals for the club, Timothy coming on and young Ewan Henderson who I believe is a big talent and it was a beautiful pass for Timothy to finish.

“I really enjoyed watching the game and how we played. It’s not easy against a team that’s very compact and tight but our pressing was very good.

“We worked hard and the players were very synchronised in getting the ball back and the quality of our game was very good with short passes and playing very quickly.”

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Craig Gordon was left on the bench for only the second time for a league game since Scott Bain arrived at Parkhead 12 months ago.

And Rodgers revealed the former Dundee man will get a run between the sticks. He said: “I’ve got two very good goalkeepers and I’m giving Scott a little run in the team because I know what Craig can do.

“Scott comes in and plays one or two games so I want to give him a little run and he also really helps the speed of our game because he gets it out quickly.

“I’ve got very good goalkeepers and whichever one I play will always contribute well.”

Anthony Ralston faces weeks on the sidelines with ankle ligament damage but Dedryck Boyata should have recovered from the groin injury that kept him out last night.

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St Mirren slumped to the bottom of the table and could be without Lee Hodson for an extended spell after he went off inured.

Having held Celtic to a 0-0 draw in Paisley in his first game in charge, Oran Kearney said: “Disappointing is probably the best word to describe it.

“A lot was made of the last time we played, but playing Celtic away from home and playing at home is two different things.

“We came with a way of trying to play tonight, the manner of the first goal is very disappointing, just from a simple job.”